Wed, Oct 21
Orionids meteor shower 2026 from Anchorage
Best 1:59 AM–7:14 AM (radiant up to 45°).
Up to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 72% lit on the peak night.
This has passed
Times are local (AKDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Anchorage: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
Put Anchorage's sky in your calendar
Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.
Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 20 an hour from a dark place, fewer this year in bright moonlight.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- FairbanksBest 2:05 AM–7:05 AM (radiant up to 41°)
- VancouverBest 12:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 57°)
- Everett, WABest 12:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- SeattleBest 12:54 AM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- Tacoma, WABest 12:54 AM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Renton, WABest 12:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Kent, WABest 12:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Hillsboro, ORBest 1:56 AM–7:26 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Portland, OregonBest 12:55 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Salem, ORBest 1:57 AM–7:27 AM (radiant up to 61°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).